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Leo Ornstein quotes

American Composer December 2, 1892 – February 24, 2002

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Leo Ornstein quote: "It doesn't necessarily mean at all that the composer plays his..."
It doesn't necessarily mean at all that the composer plays his own works best. Leo Ornstein
Today, with a recording, he can hear the thing enough times until he really gets acquainted with the language, and then he can begin to make an estimate of the intrinsic, aesthetic value of that piece of music. Leo Ornstein
I'm really interested in writing a piece of music that will move you, that will really move you. That is really the only reason that I'm writing music. Leo Ornstein
Leo Ornstein quote: "But in the end, music is ultimately an aural art, pure and..."
But in the end, music is ultimately an aural art, pure and simple. Leo Ornstein
No, I think that a person writes a poem because they have an inner urge of something that they want to express, and I think it's that inner urge that you want to express when you write a piece of music. Leo Ornstein
Leo Ornstein quote: "Of all the arts, music is really the most abstract."
Of all the arts, music is really the most abstract. Leo Ornstein
Leo Ornstein quote: "Hopefully, I have a certain amount of what you call musical..."
Hopefully, I have a certain amount of what you call musical talent. Leo Ornstein
Because essentially Schoenberg was an extremely gifted man. And in spite of many of his theories and so on, when he really began to write music, he still was guided very much by his internal hearing, by what we call your internal ear. Leo Ornstein
I think recordings have been a terrific advance because now, when you have a piece of music, particularly something that appears to the listener very complicated, there's really a push to the world to try to figure out what it was that he was hearing. Leo Ornstein
There are some people, by the way, that associate a certain amount of visualization with the performance of music. Those are people that really are not centrally concerned only with music, the traditional things. Leo Ornstein
Leo Ornstein quote: "In writing music, the structure of each piece is a very..."
In writing music, the structure of each piece is a very important factor. Leo Ornstein
The danger of that - and there's a grave danger that I, myself, have to be very aware of - is that you become so involved and intrigued in the language that sometimes you lose track that that is only a means to an aesthetic experience that the listener has to get. Leo Ornstein
Leo Ornstein quote: "Today each composer is not only involved in aesthetics, but..."
Today each composer is not only involved in aesthetics, but he's actually trying to create his own language. Leo Ornstein
To the person that deals in visualizations, I suppose there is something rather exciting about a whole set of people - they all going symmetrically, up or down, in a military sort of precision. Leo Ornstein
When I was speaking about communicating, I meant that the listener - we have to reach the listener; otherwise, of course, you're writing the piece, as I say, only for the satisfaction of seeing it on the paper for yourself, and then it ends right there. Leo Ornstein

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